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👁 Image Cuningham playing for Carlton in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | David Cuningham | ||
| Nickname | Cunners[1] | ||
| Born | (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 29) | ||
| Original team | Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)/Melbourne Grammar (APS) | ||
| Draft | No. 23, 2015 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 21, 2016, Carlton vs. Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder / half-forward | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2016–2024 | Carlton | 58 (30) | |
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Cuningham (born 30 March 1997) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
[edit]Cuningham grew up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, he played junior football for Canterbury Cobras and Boroondara Hawks in the Yarra Junior Football League. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. He was drafted by the Carlton Football Club with their fourth selection and twenty-third overall in the 2015 national draft.[2]
AFL career
[edit]He made his debut in Round 21, 2016 against Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.[3]
Cuningham received the AFL Rising Star nomination in round 12 of the 2017 AFL season kicking 2 goals in Carlton's one-point win over Greater Western Sydney.[4] At the end of 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension.[5] During 2019, he signed another contract extension to the end of 2022.[6]
His opportunities at senior level have been hampered by injury throughout this career, troubled by his hip in 2016,[7] his knee in 2018 and 2019,[8] his calf in 2020,[9] and an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in 2021.[10]
Cuningham was delisted at the end of the 2024 season.[11]
Statistics
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2016 | Carlton | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Carlton | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 40 | 103 | 27 | 34 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carlton | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 12 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 12.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 28 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 79 | 144 | 28 | 32 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 16.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Carlton | 28 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 66 | 138 | 32 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 2021 | Carlton | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Carlton | 28[citation needed] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 | Carlton | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 102 | 166 | 26 | 45 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Carlton | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career[12] | 58 | 30 | 20 | 346 | 390 | 736 | 149 | 183 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cunners Highlights". carltonfc.com.au. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Bowen, Nick (24 November 2015). "Blues look to rebuild spine at AFL draft". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Balales, Danielle (11 August 2016). "Another Blue to debut". CarltonFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Di Giorgio, Giulio (2 June 2017). "Blues bag third Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (14 September 2017). "Rising Blue adds two years to his stay". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Ben Madden (1 August 2019). "Carlton's David Cuningham signs three-year deal". Sporting News.
- ^ "Cobras Rising Star - David Cunningham". 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Wallace, Julian (24 September 2019). "Season review: David Cuningham". Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Season review: David Cuningham". YouTube. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Injury update: David Cuningham". 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Former Sun, ex-Giant among five Blues delisted after injury-hit season". 12 September 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "David Cuningham". AFL Tables. Archived from the original on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
External links
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- David Cuningham's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
- David Cuningham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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